Mendham school board to pay back former superintendent $6,000 for European trip

Google MapsThe Mendham Borough Board of Education located on Dean Road approved a measure to reimburse the former superintendent over $6,000 for her professional development trip in Europe this past June.

MENDHAM — School board members approved a resolution Monday to reimburse former Schools Superintendent Janie Edmonds, who retired at the end of June, for a professional trip to Europe this summer which cost over $6,000, New Jersey Hills reported.

By a 5-2 vote, the Mendham Borough Board of Education approved $6,133.65 in expenses incurred by Edmonds during her participation in the National Superintendents Roundtable educational trip — as well as 7.5 vacation days — during her final weeks of employment this past June, the report said. The professional development group traveled to Finland, the United
Kingdom and France to observe how various school districts work in
European countries, the report said.

According to the board, Edmonds, whose contract does not require board approval for professional development activities, has offered to share what she learned with school employees, the report said.